The Pillar of Salt

Originally the pillar of salt published in 1955 is a semi-autobiographical novel about a boy who grew up in the French colony of Tunisia. In order to enter a French privileged society, we must refuse many of his identities, such as Jews, Arabs, and Africans. But on the eve of World War II, he was forced to reach his loyalty and agreement with the past.

Genesis 19: 26 - "After a while, I became a salt column." When Lot and his wife fled from Sodom, the talker mentioned the scene and despite the warning of God , She looked back and changed. Please become a salt pillar. Interestingly, the person who "did not follow" the story at this point was Batubi, but the narrator became a pillar of salt. Matthew 25: 32-42 - "When I remember being an election day, I intuitively put my hands in my pocket and made it my own." "Election" is democratic It is not limited to words. It was chosen as relief (remember voters of "Young Goodman Brown"). Some critics believe that at this point in the story, the treatment of Batubi's narrator will decide his relief.

When salt pillars were first published in 1953, it caused a scandal in Tunisia. The famous sociologist Albert Menmi was likewise the son of a poor Jewish parent living in the edge of the poor Jewish and Muslim family, the life of the small Jewish community in Tunisia and the local petty bourgeoisie I am writing frankly about it. Failure, they think they are gorgeous, but they are just ridiculous. Memmi 's criticism of his Muslim brothers and the various European colonialists near him is even more. "Salt pillars are like general indictment, Memmi wrote in a new introduction to the 2013 ebook version.

Margaux: Albert Camus in the preface of the semi - autobiographical novel "The Column of Salt", Albert Camus pointed out that "French culture Jewish Tunisians can not be accurate. It grew up among French Jews in Tunisia and grew up in France and the United States. EL HARA has given me the opportunity to explore the reason why my family moved from Tunisia to France and Israel within 10 years of independence of Tunisia. Mo: While shooting, this is Ramadan, it is very hot. As a result, most people are tired or hiding all day, as many places are closed all day (considering that we want to capture the atmosphere around the downtown of the current downtown, this is hard). I am not a Muslim, but since I do not want to eat in front of hungry people, sometimes it is very difficult to eat small food and water.